EAGLETON, Alexander William
| Service Number: | 165 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Clarence Town, New South Wales, Australia , 8 November 1879 |
| Home Town: | Clarence Town, Dungog, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Onverwacht, Transvaal, South Africa, Onverwacht, Limpopo, South Africa, 4 January 1902, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ermelo Cemetery, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Clarence Town EAGLETON Boer War Memorial Gates, Clarence Town War Memorial, Dungog RSL Boer War Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 165, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 165, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 165, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Battle of Onverwacht |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Alexander William Eagleton enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father Henry Eagleton, Clarence River, NSW.
Alexander William Eagleton was born on 8 Nov 1879 at Clarence River, NSW, a son to Henry Eagleton and Margaret Mitchell Eagleton (nee McMurray). In an article relating to his death published in The Dungog Chronicle, 4 Mar 1902, it was noted he was born and raised at Clarence River, leaving for Queensland in about 1899, and enlisting with the 5th QIB not long after.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 2 p. 15; Death- The Dungog Chronicle, 4 Mar 1902, p. 2).
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